Jul 18, 2017

Rotary Club of Eureka July 17, 2017 Meeting

Lunch Menu: Salad bar, beef stroganoff,
noodles, scalloped potatoes, ham, mixed vegetables, rolls, dessert. Called to
order by President Bruce Smith at 12:15pm. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Jim
Davis. The Invocation was led by Greg Williston who announced the sad news that
Southwest Rotarian Sam Kennedy, DDS passed away today and President-Elect Sam
Owori of Rotary International recently passed away as well. VISITING ROTARIANS: None GUESTS OF ROTARIANS: Greg Gardiner
introduced his stepdaughter Kate who just graduated from Sonoma State; Frank
Jager and Betty Chinn were introduced by President Bruce Smith, Sue Bosch
introduced visitor (former member) Sally Arnot and Bruce Smith also introduced
our speaker today, Kelly Sanders. STUDENT
GUESTS: None. BIRTHDAYS: Elan
Firpo, Al Abrahamson, Gregg Gardiner, Carly Robbins, Fred Sundquist.A word of warning from Bruce…all people in their birthday month are
expected to sit at the head table or else… ANNIVERSARIES:
The Papstein, Ambronisi, Nielsen and Campton couples are all celebrating
anniversaries in the next week.Many
people are celebrating a July anniversary in Rotary.

Paul Harris Fellows

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Keith Crossley introduced our latest Paul Harris
Fellows (PHF): Patrick Cleary and Captain Hank Pierson who received his PHF +
4! They received a standing ovation. Mayor Frank Jager and Supervisor Virginia
Bass read a proclamation thanking Chief Andy Mills for his years of service
2013-2017.He is leaving for a new
position in Santa Cruz.Chief Mills
received an enthusiastic standing ovation for the difference he has made in our
community. President Bruce presented Past President Matthew Owen with a plaque
of recognition for his service over the past year.Betty Chinn received the $2,000 she received
at the last meeting again except in the form of a non-cashable $2,000 giant
check this time. President Bruce said that next Monday, July 24, we will meet
off site at the Eagle House.Lunch will
be $20.($15 for lunch plus $5 for the
facility rental).The annual Coast Guard
steak dinner is coming up.The Elks
Lodge and Rotary Club of Eureka will team up to provide free steak dinners in
recognition of the Coast Guard’s service.Volunteers are needed!Dale
Warmuth was called upon to report on the latest about the Boys and Girls Club
remodel.Dale said thanks to John McBeth
and the Humboldt Builder’s Exchange new windows will be going in soon, the
bathrooms are being remodeled, electrical is being finished up and the
communication network is being put in.Pedal for Polio is happening August 14-19. Sign ups are on the
tables.Please contribute $35 to help
eradicate polio.
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GUEST SPEAKERINTRODUCTION BY: President Bruce Smith.Kelly Sanders is the elected Humboldt County County Clerk,
Recorder, and Registrar of Voters.GUEST SPEAKER:
Kelly started out talking about her day on June 7th.Driving to work she heard on NPR that there
had been a hacking of election records by the Russian military.She arrived at work to find a message from a
Representative of the Secretary of State. 122 counties had received phishing
emails and Humboldt County was on the list of possible counties who all used
Diebold as their provider. The Secretary of State’s office assisted Humboldt
County and together they were able to confirm there was no evidence of phishing
or hacking.Later Kelly discovered that
the provider knew about the problem in November of 2016 but didn’t alert their
customers until June when a news reporter uncovered the story.Diebold is no longer the vendor for Humboldt
County.Kelly talked about changes in
the law that were voted on in 2012.Voters can register up to the day of the election under a conditional
voter registration.Eventually when a
DMV license is issued residents will automatically be registered to vote at
that time.Kelly said a lot of people
want to know why it takes so long to count the vote following an election.She said the timeframe is according to the
law. They have up to 30 days to report results.Following an election there is a lot of auditing and vetting that goes
on that is time consuming. Questions and answer follows. President Bruce Smith
closed the meeting at 1:12pm reminding members to invite somebody to
lunch.The more members our club has the
more we can do.

Backpacks For Kids

Backpack assembly is held during the school year at 4:00pm on Thursdays at Humboldt Moving & Storage on Albee Street in Eureka, between 14th & 15th Streets. For more information, please contact Mindy Bussman.